Scottish Mag 3 Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 BOOZY Manchester United players shocked locals when they launched into a chant calling for Scousers to be BURNED during a Christmas party in a city centre pub. The multi-millionaire stars, including LIVEPOOL-BORN Wayne Rooney, were caught on camera by a News of the World reader as they stunned punters at the Old Grapes in Manchester. A group of first-team regulars led by club captain Gary Neville piled into the popular boozer at around 5pm last Monday. As the beer flowed the footballers, including Wes Brown, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ryan Giggs and Alan Smith launched into a series of familiar chants from the terraces at nearby Old Trafford. But regulars cringed when players belted out the anti-Liverpool rant Build A Bonfire—as Wayne Rooney sat with an embarrassed grin, at the heart of the stars. Our man on the scene told us: "It was so loud you could hear it outside. If there had been a group of Scousers in the pub it could have turned nasty." At one point during the singalong Gary Neville, who once admitted he was "brought up to HATE Scousers", starts a chant about striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer while waving his fingers at Rooney. And the players, some of them England regulars, even sang about how winker Ronaldo made our national side look "s***" at last summer's World Cup. A Man United spokesman defended the players' actions. He said "The lads were on a night off and it was nothing more than high spirits." http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/united.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Glad to see the World Cup disgrace meant a lot to some of the England players there then. They still can't get over Shearer as well christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 A Man United spokesman defended the players' actions. He said "The lads were on a night off and it was nothing more than high spirits." Exactly. Mountain out of a molehill of a story. Oh, and the Old Grapes is owned by Vera Duckworth iirc. Classy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Random capitalised word is the middle of sentences? Must be a Sun/NOTW story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted December 24, 2006 Author Share Posted December 24, 2006 Random capitalised word is the middle of sentences? Must be a Sun/NOTW story. I would have thought the NOTW link was a bigger clue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29491 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 A Man United spokesman defended the players' actions. He said "The lads were on a night off and it was nothing more than high spirits." Exactly. Mountain out of a molehill of a story. Oh, and the Old Grapes is owned by Vera Duckworth iirc. Classy! That the one near the Opera House? Shit pub iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 A Man United spokesman defended the players' actions. He said "The lads were on a night off and it was nothing more than high spirits." Exactly. Mountain out of a molehill of a story. Oh, and the Old Grapes is owned by Vera Duckworth iirc. Classy! That the one near the Opera House? Shit pub iirc. aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Gerrard serialising his autobiography in the same newspaper is a lot more of a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42648 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Is he really? Principled scouser that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCUM 1 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I've seen the video of this on youtube. It appears that the Man United players are singing each others 'terrace songs' at them. Now then, at about 1min 28 secs into this, they suddenly break into a chorus of 'na na na Nicky, Nicky Butt' Does this mean that Nicky Butt was at the Man Utd players xmas do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arnFD9e-C8k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger 0 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) Theres no mistaking Rooneys shrek like face in that clip is there even with a less than perfect mobile phone Edited January 2, 2007 by smudger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Is he really? Principled scouser that he is. Already has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42648 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Theres no mistaking Rooneys shrek like face in that clip is there even with a less than perfect mobile phone I watched it and couldn't make out anyone. It just looked like a large bunch of annoying knobheads ruining the night for anyone else that happened to be in the pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Theres no mistaking Rooneys shrek like face in that clip is there even with a less than perfect mobile phone I watched it and couldn't make out anyone. It just looked like a large bunch of annoying knobheads ruining the night for anyone else that happened to be in the pub. Which is exactly what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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